Name:__Brandon________________________________________Date:______24 Mar 2021___________

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Physical Science- Wave Calculations
Speed of a wave = wavelength x frequency The speed of a wave depends on the medium that it is
travelling through.
v = λf
v= velocity (speed), measured in m/s f = 1/T
λ= wavelength, measured in m f=frequency, measured in Hz
f= frequency, measured in Hz (Hz = 1/s) T= period, measured in s
1. A wave along a guitar string has a frequency of 540 Hz and a wavelength of 2.5 meters. Calculate the speed of the wave.
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Velocity = Freq Velocity = Freq x wavelength V = 54 x 2.5 1350 m / s
x wavelength
2. The speed of sound in air is about 340 m/s. What is the wavelength of sound waves produced by a guitar string vibrating at
490 Hz?
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Velocity = Freq 2 = velocity / freq Wavelength = 340 / 490 0.6939 m
x wavelength
3. The speed of light is 300,000,000 m/s. What is the frequency of microwaves with a wavelength of 0.01
meter?
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Velocity = Freq Freq = Velocity / wavelength Freq = 300000000 / 0.01 30000000000 Hz
x wavelength
4. The average wavelength in a series of ocean waves is 15.0 meters. A wave crest arrives at the shore on an
average of every 10.0 seconds, so the frequency is 0.100 Hz. What is the average speed of the waves?
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Velocity = Freq Velocity = Freq x wavelength V = 0.100 x 15 1.5 m / s
x wavelength
5. An FM radio station broadcasts electromagnetic waves at a frequency of 94.5 MHz (equal to 94,500,000
Hz). These radio waves have a wavelength of 3.17 meters. What is the speed of the waves?
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Velocity = Freq Velocity = Freq x wavelength V = 94500000 x 3.17 299565000 m / s
x wavelength
6. Green light has a wavelength of 0.00000052 meters. The speed of light is 300,000,000 m/s. Calculate the
frequency of green light waves with this wavelength.
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Velocity = Freq Freq = velocity / wavelength Freq = 5769230769230 Hz
x wavelength 3000000000 / 0.00000052
7. What is the wavelength of a sound wave with a frequency of 220 Hz if its speed is 340 m/s?
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Velocity = Freq Wavelength = velocity / freq Wavelength = 340 / 220 1.55 m
x wavelength
8. What is the period of the sound wave above?
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Freq = 1 / time T = 1 / freq T = 1 / 220 0.0045 s
9. Ocean waves are hitting a beach at a rate of 3.5 Hz.
a. What is the period of the waves?
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Freq = 1 / Time T = 1 / freq T = 1 / 3.5 0.29 Hz
b. Calculate the speed of the waves if the distance between wave crests is 1.3 meters.
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Velocity = Freq Velocity = Freq x wavelength V = 3.5 x 1.3 4.55 m / s
x wavelength
10. The note A above middle C on a piano emits a sound wave with a wavelength of 0.77 meters.
a. What is the frequency of the wave? Use 340 m/s as the speed of the sound wave.
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
Velocity = Freq Freq = velocity / wavelength F = 340 / 0.77 441.56 Hz
x wavelength
b. What is the period of the sound wave?
Given Rearranged Equation Work Final Answer
F = 1 / time T = 1 / freq T = 1 / 441.56 0.0023 s